"Women In Science - How To Increase Women´s Participation In Science?"

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Slovak Liaison Office for Research and Development and Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to the EU are pleased to invite you to the conference "Women In Science - How To Increase Women´s Participation In Science?"

The main aim of the event is to discuss women´s participation in science and research and main challenges facing female scientists. The conference will bring together scientists, policy makers and experts to discuss conditions for women in science and the key factors behind the low representation of women in leading positions and within some scientific domains and fields of study. The conference will consist of two parts.

The first part will be dedicated to a presentation of current statistics, initiatives and different analytical view points on issue of gender equality in science and research. The second part of the event will have a form of the panel discussion where female scientists will discuss the main problems, barriers and necessary changes to be made at all levels. Despite the fact that women represent half of the population, their representation in science, research and innovation lag behind. Nevertheless, a number of international organizations and European institutions have paid attention to gender equality in science, empowerment of female scientists and better use of their educational and intellectual potential. Thanks to these efforts and visibility of the topic, gender equality has become a theme of political and expert discussion. Yet at the same time, neither of these efforts has ensured equal representation of women in leading positions and within some scientific domains and fields of study.

The conference will be held on 21 November 2017, 14:00 - 19:00 at the Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to the EU (Avenue de Cortenbergh 107, 1000 Brussels).